U.S. to help N Korea's economy if it abandons nuclear weapons

Since Trump announced plans to hold a summit with Kim, questions have been raised continually about whether the two leaders have the same objective in mind when they speak about denuclearization.

South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha praised the upcoming meeting between Trump and Kim as an "historic" opportunity, but added a few notes of skepticism as well.

A day after returning from a trip to Pyongyang, Pompeo said he had "good" and "substantive" conversations with Kim during his visit, during which he secured the release of three Americans who had been detained in North Korea.

"A strategic change in the director for his country and his people, and if he's prepared to do that, President Trump is prepared to assure that this can be a successful transition", he said.

While Kang sought to assure reporters that the USA and South Korea are unified on the matter, she was slightly more moderate on the possibility of relief, saying sanctions must remain in place "until we see visible, meaningful action taken by North Korea on the denuclearization track".

"An agreement with North Korea which reduced tension, while clearly welcome in itself, could well mark the beginning of the end for America's long-standing preponderance in Asia", White said. Then, North Korea gets rid of some nukes.

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The recent diplomatic developments have given both China and South Korea "every reason to oppose and disregard new sanctions if the United States tries to impose them", said Bilahari Kausikan, the former head of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Singapore.

Trump also said he wanted to pay his "warmest respects" to the family of Otto Warmbier, the American who was released by the North Koreans in a vegetative state, only to die days later.

The Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification was signed by South and North Korean leaders, which laid out a peaceful path forward.

But he stressed that this would require a "robust verification" programme by the United States and other nations. "I think that we're gonna have a success".

Following the Moon-Kim summit, Moon's office said Kim was willing to disclose the process to worldwide experts, but the North's statement on Saturday did not include any mention about allowing experts on the site.

Journalists asked Pompeo what such a denuclearization would look like and if it meant carrying out inspections in North Korean nuclear plants.

If Trump can not get the big breakthrough he wants in denuclearization, he may try instead to negotiate a treaty to establish diplomatic relations with the North and formally end the 1950-53 Korean War, which was halted by an armistice.

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